If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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